Not as much. I’m a PE teacher now - I have developed enough coordination that I can catch and throw a ball reasonably well and do enough in the way of gymnastics to teach my kids without making a fool of myself. I still can’t ride a bike (though in fairness, I haven’t actually tried since a childhood incident with a rose bush…) but aside from being a bit clumsy, I’m OK. My proprioception isn’t great but I get by. Plus I think my experience with it enables me to teach the less athletically gifted children with a degree of understanding.
Killer work on the shoulders! I think your straight arm pulldown is stronger than min… I barely cranked out 60LBS x 10 for three sets today… pardon me while I’m dumb (I indulge myself) but I’m pretty sure there’s more than two LBS to a kilogram.
BOOOOOOO @ the weather OMG I would fa-reek.
Cali girls tend to be a bit spoiled weather wise.
How can people even live other places?
Your sessions done in spite of sickness or pain always amaze me.
In regards to the splits: our coaches had no shortage of devices to get us down. One that actually worked apart suspending us between two spring boards was using PNF. Get into the splits, then contract your leg muscles like you’re trying to lift yourself out of the split. Hold that 6-8 seconds, then relax and let yourself fall into the split. Repeat that about 5x.
I also think putting your leg (first front leg, then back leg) on an elevated mat helps.
Unsolicited advice you didn’t ask for, sorry. It’s early and i’m bored.
Timely tips, seeing as I was working on my split today. How elevated are we talking here? I can’t really stack the mats at the gym because they are arranged just so, but I could get a step or something.
Circuit training was good today. I felt quite peppy (I’m guessing that was the ephedrine/caffeine) and worked pretty well, I thought. I felt energised rather than beat afterwards and spent almost an hour working on my gymnastics and stretching.
Cartwheel is getting better now that I’ve figured out the key is speed. I find, due to the limitations of my body, I have to do things quickly or they won’t happen. I can’t do anything slow and controlled except for a headstand. I’m trying to slow down my handstand a bit to stop overcooking it, but it’s a fine line between hitting the wall and not getting vertical at all. I just can’t comprehend the way gymnasts are able to just kick up without any forward momentum. Likewise, I can’t do a slow forward roll. Unless I use some speed, my huge arse anchors me to the floor and I’m left wriggling on my back like an upturned beetle.
When I was doing gymnastics class, there was a drill we’d have to do where we sit down on the mat (from standing), roll back, roll forwards again and return to our feet. I couldn’t do it. And despite the fact my other skills have improved, I still can’t do it. I don’t know if it’s my proportions (I have short shins in relation to my femurs and a big bottom), poor mobility or a combination of the two, but it’s really frustrating.
how do you do the e/c stack??
In the states people buy otc asthma stuff(bronkaid) Never was fond of doing that but I loved the diet pills back in the day.
Same kind of thing. It’s called Do-Do Chesteze. It has less ephedrine than Bronkaid I believe (18.31 - I think Bronkaid has 25) plus a little caffeine but I pop a 100mg caffeine pill at the same time. I don’t take aspirin as it tends to make me vomit.
I do this before training only - I don’t really need to be hyper when I’m chilling at home.
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
When I was doing gymnastics class, there was a drill we’d have to do where we sit down on the mat (from standing), roll back, roll forwards again and return to our feet. I couldn’t do it. And despite the fact my other skills have improved, I still can’t do it. I don’t know if it’s my proportions (I have short shins in relation to my femurs and a big bottom), poor mobility or a combination of the two, but it’s really frustrating.
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My yoga lady tries to get us to do this. I have never been able to, I usually just roll around on the floor when she tell us to do it. It’s also bad BJJ mechanics, we have it drilled out of us. I think it’s mostly a momentum issue though, you have to get enough speed on the roll back to let your body continue the forward motion into standing.
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
How can people even live other places?[/quote]
Less bugs. Snowboarding. Slows zombie outbreaks.
Hmph well we don’t have enough snow for snowboarding (unless you happen to live in the Scottish Highlands, and even then it’s a bit hit or miss) - just the fact when we do get snow, which is usually once a year and lasts a few days to a week, but invariably brings public transport to a screeching halt.
Anyway, it’s got a few degrees warmer now - it’s still cold but the snow has turned to rain.
Exercise today was lugging my laundry bag to the laundrette. I felt pretty busted from circuits yesterday so I decided to have a rest. I prefer a 2 on 1 off kind of deal but can’t fit that around work, so I try to do a 4 on 3 off but it doesn’t always pan out. I’m older now and the body needs rest sometimes.
Oh, I did do 40 KB swings (16kg) followed by 20 overhead squats (with a stick - it was more about getting my arms up than anything) just to let my arse know it was still alive. That’s it for today.
Happy Satan’s Day for Single People, everyone!
So, after a relatively lazy day yesterday, I was ready to kill it today. Shoulders and arms.
Warm-up stuffs.
Military Press:
Bar x 10
25kg x 10
30kg x 11
32.5kg x 8 (=PB)
35kg x 5
37.5kg x 4 (Rep PB I think)
40kg x 1 —> This went up pretty easily compared to in the past. Could today be the day of a new 1RM?
42.5kg - FAIL x 2 —> Damnation! This weight still eludes me. Now 2.5kg = 5.5lbs - that’s a substantial jump when you’re talking overhead pressing. But the 1.25kg plates are the smallest available. But what if I was to take one of them off? I’m not a fan of uneven bars but when it’s a small plate it’s not quite so big a problem. And sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
41.25kg x 1 —> New 1RM! I knew I had more than 40 in me - just not 42.5. For the record, this is 90.75lbs.
Superset:
Hang Power Clean: 30kg x 10, 32.5kg x 8, 35kg x 6
Lateral Raises (6kg DBs): 20, 20, 20
The 20 rep lateral raises were pretty hard work. Actually it was all pretty hard work. But I want big, awesome traps.
Rear Delt Flye:
6kg x 20
8kg x 15
10kg x 10
Dips:
12, 10, 8
Superset:
Overhead 2-handed DB tricep extension: 20kg x 10, 22kg x 8
Supinating DB Curls (Seated): 10kg x 10, 12kg x 8
Honestly, I grimaced and grunted more during this superset than any other. It was tough. Good job no one else was in the weight room at the time.
After that I did a few spastic cartwheels and handstands and a bit of stretching but I felt fatigued and hungry so headed home.
Your presses always make me smile.
I don’t like Valentine’s Day either…bah humbug!
Superset faces are SUPPOSED to be the uguliest things ever… err, at least that’s what I tell myself anyway.
Also, when i do rear delt fly I can clearly see my arms are TOTALLY unbalanced. Do you do it standing or sitting and bent over forward?? I always want to make sure I am actually using my rear delts to do rear delt fly instead of my body momentum.
I just felt like talking about rear delts, I dunno why. HELLO AND GOODBYE
I lean on an incline bench (I kneel on the seat and my stomach and chest are against the bench). That way my body doesn’t do anything and it’s all on the arms and shoulders.
NINETY POUNDS DAMN WOW>
Thats what I’m going for this week on max week and I am HELLA ESKEERED.
Go check out Tvixens for some “Singleton Awareness Day” Smiles.
Awesome pressing!
oh duh…great OH press!!!
I was on track to be really strong at those. I’ll have to try again.
PR pr pr !!!
good job Cal.
YAY PR!
And YEA! 20 rep lateral raises are hard, especially with that weight. I don’t think I ever use more than 7.5# for those and do like, maybe 12.
Nice work mama
Awesome pressing! Congrats on the PR.